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4. I i u . THE POLK COUNTY OBSERVES, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1916 ii i 'n 1 BUILDS MOTHER'S TOMB R. L. DASHIELL TRAVELS KENTUCKY TO DO IT. TO Through 70 Years The Memory His Dead Parent Was Grave To Dallas Man. of B. L. Dashiel will return in a day or two from Louisville, Ky. He writes from Chicago that he will be back in time to vote. That would be an item for The Ob server's Terse Tales but it would cov er up a good "story." The story fts it came over the wire from Ken tucky follows: Louisville, Ky., Oct. 30. Returning to Louisvilb after sev enty years to honor the memory of his mother, "The Beautiful Lady on the Hill," R. L. Dashiell, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, is on his way :ome, after attending the dedicator of a monument to his mother on the old burying ground of the Dashiell family, just beyond tl.e "Cabbayf Patch," made famous by Alice II (.nn Rice. For two weeks Mr. Dashiell, old and grey-headed, superintended ev cavation on the site of the cemetery of seventy years ago, which later was the site of a fort built by General Don Carlos Buell at the approach o Bragg'B troops from the south. Ths old man confided his secict to non of the residents of the vi:inity, bene arotreed much curiosity. At the end cf that time there was excavated tl remains believed to be those of his mother, Mrs. D. W. Dashiell. The expense of the trip, location, excavation ana monument was borne jointly by Mr. Dashiell and his broth er, Ben F. Dashiell, of Spokane, Wash. Dashiell 's father was Dr. D. W. Dashiell, a noted physician in the early days of Kentucky. Wlhen the Oregon man was only 6 years old, his mother, the central figure in the fa mous old play, "The Beautiful Lady on the Hill," and said to have been one of the most beautiful women in Kentucky, died. She was buried in the orchard near the old Dashiell place and a massive brick wall, forty feet square, was built around the burying ground. A year later, taking his two little boys, the physician went west. This was in 1843. The aged visitor to his birthplace recalls bis pilgrimage to the west in an oxen train. A few weeks ago, in pursuance to the plan long ago made, Mr. Dashiell came here and consulted an attorney about finding the burial plot on the old homestead. Holding a deed for the plot forty feet square, which had long since passed into other hands, Dashiell took possession of the ground. County Surveyor Russell Gaines was on hand to survey the site in preparation for litigation which may follow. The old homestead had changed hands a number of times and the site of the graveyard was dug and plowed over by Union soldiers when they erected entrenchments on the ap proach of the Confederates to Louise ville during the Civil war. The old stone wall had been covered over. Much history is connected with the Dashiell place. The house, built in 1835, still stands. In it were enter tained at different times, Henry Clay. President Zachary Taylor, George D. Prentice and other Kentucky notnbles The monument, dedicated by two Louisville pastors, has the follow ing inscription: "Erected to the Memorv of Mv Mother, Mrs. D. W. Pa-shioH, "The Beautiful Lady on the Hill." as far away as Kansas have been shown, and caused the place to unusually busy. I do not know if I mentioned before how very biisy this town is. I have to look as carefully to cross a street here as I would in Portland, and the jitney ser vice is tremendous. They use Fords mostly, and they dash around the cor ners like bees. There is another type of person oc casionally seen on the streets here who always claims my undivided at tention when he passes me, and that is the cow-boy, He is the real thing, I tell you. I wish to say that I am beginning to enjoy the Texas cooking now. I presume that homesick feeling had everything to do with my making the statement that they didn't know how to cook here. One would meet that condition anywhere they went, I pre sume. I have met a great many nice people here, and one of the girls, who is a Texan, is particularly interesting. She wished to see the big film produc tion, "The Birth of Texas," recently. and asked me to go with her, and I went, thinking I might learn some thing of the history of Texas. The enthusiasm of the crowd was demon strated by cheering throughout the picture, and I found myself clapping and exclaiming as busily ias any na tive. The absence of Mexicans at the theater was noticeable. Recently a very large dam was com pleted and dedicated at Elephant Birtte, near here. It is said to be sec ond largest in the world, being 3i miles long, iand 7 years will be re quired to fill it. I presume that is because water is so scarce in this country. I cannot imagine any dam in Oregon filling that slowly. Can you? PEARL OWINGS. Wlalter G.riffito and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Collins, Mr. and Mrs. James Boydston, Mr. James Collins. Mrs. Jane Brown, Mrs. Bill Shaw, Mrs. Nettie Hutton and children. Miss Ednelle Collins and Mr. aiW Mrs. P. Dornsife. Children Have Party. A children's party was given Sat urday afternoon for little Almeda Boughton at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Austin. Appropriate to the Hallowe'en, games were played A delightful luncheon was enjoyed by the little folks late in the after noon. The little guests were: Lila and Vira Smith, Lillian and Lucille Tankerslev, Helen Soehren, Lthel and Lillie Robb, Dorothy Erskine, Ernes tine Davis, Cleo Guy, Genevieve and Audrey Trihble, Grace Stockwell, Vir ginia and Margaret Ellis, Dorothy and Almeda Boughton. Militia Dance Enjoyed. The militia dance Saturday even ing in the armor' was a very enjoy able party. Dancing started at nine, Boy scouts were in charge of the men's cloak rooms and served punch Rice and Williams orchestra played The pretty fall and winter gorwns of the women of the city and outside guests and the uniformed men made a pretty picture. To the Voters of Polk County : My attention has been called to number of rumors regarding the re lations of our company with Mr. S. B. Taylor, who is a candidate for county surveyor. In justice to Mr Taylor, we wish to correct any false impressions, b; merely stating: That, Mr. Taylor has been employ ed by us to do practically all of our engineering and surveying work since 1907, that his, service hm been very satisfactory, and he is still engaged in work for this company. GEORGE T. GLRI.INGER. Q&QQ4 Literary Section to Meet. The literary section of tli Wo man's club will meet tomorrow af ternoon at the home of Mrs. B. Cnsev THE CHURCHES Methodist. , Rally day services were held Sun day at the Methodist church. A total of 165 pupils and teachers were pres ent. After the Sunday school ser vice, a short program was given as follows: instrumental solo, Benjamin Rickli; reading, Gertrude Ellis; song by the junior boys and girls classes! vocal solo, Juanita Morrison ; reading, Mrs. Lloyd Soehren. .After the pro gram an address was given by Rev. J. M. Brown. Rev. This is Hallowe'en Time. Hallowe'en parties are in full 6wny and bid fair to continue to the end of the week. This merry celebration is not without its pleasures for the grown-up folks too, for it lends in spiration for many parties for them as well as the younger belles and beaux. Nearly every party this week will have its suggestive decorations and Dallas maids and matrons and men may prepare themselves to just love those "spooky" pumpkins and Murk cats, or else be awfully "skeer-cd." COMMUNICATIONS El Paso, Texas, October 24. 1!H Well, I'm still here, because I'm here, because I'm here. The sun still Rhinos bright and warm throughout the -day, although the nights are be ginning to be a trifle chilly, and we had rain during the middle of the month. As I write this the windows tare all open, and one goes without a eoat or even a sweater during the day. Steam heat, or any sort of heat, is as yet nnneeded. The dust blows, the soot settles, and the hills of Mex ico stand out sharply against the blue of the sky, even as when I wrote last. Army activities are quite as promi nent, too, as they were a month ago.' Motor trucks, cycle cans and mule wagons, ete, are constantly seen on the streetsall busy in their respec tive duties of maintaining the camps and carrying on the work of protect ing the border. The Sixth Infantry, of which my brother is a member, is utill camped at El Valle, Mexico, al most 200 miles south of the border. There seems to be no hope of their being relieved by other regular troops stationed here. Quite a large exposition has been held here for the past couple of weeks. Exhibits from neighboring states and Young Women Entertain. The young woman's section of the Woman's club entertained a number of their friends t an enjoyable Hal- lowe en party in the S. B. Taylor res idence last night. The young women of the club ore: Misses Cora Rossi ter, Pearl Dennett, Hallie Smith, Pearl Smith, Georgia Shaw, Hattie Teats, Dilla Viers, Katherene Van Voorhce-s, Gertrude Wilson, Caroline Burch, Helen Casey, Gladys Cart- wright, Ednelle Collins, Edith Cather wood, Nola Coad, Ava Coad, Georgia Fiske, Muriel Grant, Alice Grant, Marie Griffin, Bessie Gooch, Winnie Hargrove, Jennie Muscott, Julia Nunn, Bess C. Owens and Mrs. Paul ine Anlen. The guests of the club were : Misses Fern Parr, Vera Grant, Hallie Hart, Helen Gale, Grace Mc Minn, Ester Dewey, Sarah Peachy, Hazel Duignan, Klein Oxford, Maud Barnes and Mrs. Ida May Foster and Messrs. Herman Hawkins, Cleve Burch, Ray Boydston, Robert Van Orsdel, Carl B. Fenton, August Ris ser, R. S. Kreason, Laird Woods, Dr. R- C. Virgil, Walter Mirir, Harry Uaynor, Joe Helgerson, Ernest Hois ington of Monmouth, Fred Gooch. Toby Nachtigal. Ray Scott, Ned Shaw, Willis McDaniel, Frank Mc- Cann, Forrest Martin, George Cooper. Fred Stinnett, Max Flannery of Per ry dale, Will Caldwell. Rov Miller. Harris Ellsworth, Wayne Barham, Webster Beebe. Elwin Evans, Glenn Brock, Merril Barber, Jud Foster and Lawrence Dinneen. Gives Birthday Dinner. A birthday dinner party was given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. P. Dorn sife and Mrs. James Boydston, at the! home of Mr. and Mrs. Dornsife, Son-: day. At one o'clock a delightful two-' course dinner wag served. The table was charmingly decorated with ferns and sweet peas. Those who enjoyed the dinner party were : Mr. and Mrs. Presbyterian. MacKenzie spoke Sunday morning on "The Attitude of Devo tion Towards Christ." 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